[TYPO3-english] first time install

[Björn Pedersen]

Am 02.08.2012 10:17, schrieb Ross Cameron:
> Hi
> 
> This is my first look at TYPO3.
> 
> I followed the Installation: recommended
> 
> System is Debian Linux (x86_64 GNU/Linux).
> 
> Files were downloaded and extracted outside of the web directory (but
> accessible).
> 
> 
> A directory listing looks like this:
> 
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 m_a_d pg1790484  0 Sep 16  2010 favicon.gif
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 m_a_d pg1790484  0 Sep 16  2010 favicon.ico
>    lrwxrwxrwx 1 m_a_d pg1790484 19 Aug  2 00:18 index.php ->
>    typo3_src/index.php
>    lrwxrwxrwx 1 m_a_d pg1790484 15 Aug  2 00:03 t3lib -> typo3_src/t3lib
>    lrwxrwxrwx 1 m_a_d pg1790484 15 Aug  2 00:03 typo3 -> typo3_src/typo3
>    lrwxrwxrwx 1 m_a_d pg1790484 15 Aug  2 00:02 typo3_src ->
>    typo3_src-4.7.2

the link  to  typo3_src-4.7.2 seens wrong, you have to use
 ln -s <path to typo3_src-4.7.2> typo3_src

> Is this correct, because the instruction that follows:
> 
>     sudo chgrp -R apache fileadmin typo3temp typo3conf uploads
>     sudo chmod -R g+rwX,o-w fileadmin typo3temp typo3conf uploads
> 
> doesn't make sense and certainly complains because some of those
> files/directories don't exist.

If you start with the source package, you also need to install the dummy
package (or create  the directory structure yourself).
> Hopefully some kind soul will put me right on the installation.
>